{"id":175,"date":"2025-05-07T18:33:16","date_gmt":"2025-05-07T18:33:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/natais.org.ng\/journal\/?post_type=article&#038;p=175"},"modified":"2025-05-08T17:15:54","modified_gmt":"2025-05-08T17:15:54","slug":"the-antecedent-of-doctrinal-tolerance-in-a-pluralistic-society-the-example-of-abdullah-bin-fodiyo","status":"publish","type":"article","link":"https:\/\/natais.org.ng\/journal\/article\/the-antecedent-of-doctrinal-tolerance-in-a-pluralistic-society-the-example-of-abdullah-bin-fodiyo\/","title":{"rendered":"The Antecedent of Doctrinal Tolerance in A Pluralistic Society: The Example of Abdullah Bin Fodiyo"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h6 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Abstract:<\/h6>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Abdullah bin Fodiyo was an Islamic reformer, Wazir of Sokoto Sultanate and a versatile personality in Islamic scholarship and Arabic literature. His writings are still relevant in contemporary scholarship. This study seeks to examine the aspect of religious tolerance as exhibited in his writings as against the reckless condemnation of Muslims (Takf\u012br) without careful study of the circumstances surrounding the actions of Muslims. It shows the significance of the <em>kalimatush-shah\u0101dah<\/em> as the centrality of Islamic faith around which other Islamic activities revolve. Polemic arguments that arose among the triumvirate of \u2018Uthman bin Fodiyo, Bello, and Abdullah as to what constitutes apostasy were analysed. The principle of <em>Istish\u0101b<\/em> (presumption of continuity) was defined and expatiated, showing how it was applied by Abdullah in order to protect Muslims against being condemned as infidels. The finding of the study shows that Abdullah bn. Fodiyo set the benchmark high by giving the Muslims of Bornu a benefit of doubt, and that the spirit of tolerance should be a watchword of every Muslim. This study is, therefore, aimed at ensuring correct understanding of Islamic jurisprudence in the contemporary period as it also recommends that Muslims should learn to tolerate other Muslims whose actions do not conform to the position of some other established scholars.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-pdf-viewer-block-standard\" style=\"text-align:left\"><div class=\"uploaded-pdf\"><a href=\"https:\/\/natais.org.ng\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/4e.pdf\" data-width=\"\" data-height=\"\"><\/a><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Abdullah bin Fodiyo was an Islamic reformer, Wazir of Sokoto Sultanate and a versatile personality in Islamic scholarship and Arabic 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